Poetry Terms Flashcards
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Couplet
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A set of two lines in a poem.
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Stanza
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Groups of lines in a poem.
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Quatrain
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A set of four lines in a poem.
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Rhythm
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The pattern created by the stressed and unstressed syllables of words.
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Rhyme
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Repetition of identical or similar sounds
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Rhyme Scheme
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A pattern of end rhymes;labeled by using letters (abab)
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Figurative Language
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Language that us not meant to be interpreted literally.
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Assonance
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Repetition of the vowel sounds.
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Consonance
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Repetition of constant sounds in nearby words with different vowels.
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Paradox
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A statement that seems contradictory but actually may be true.
(The younger she acts, the older she seems)
